APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1041

Recreation Reserve in Wellington Land District brought under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of April, 1906.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
the twenty-fourth section of "The Public Reserves
Act, 1881," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do
hereby order and declare that the reserve for recrea-
tion in the Wellington Land District described in the
Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought
under the operation of and declared to be subject to the
provisions of "The Public Domains Act, 1881"; and such
reserve shall hereafter form part of Eketahuna Domain,
and be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner
directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 8 acres and 28 perches, more or less,
being Lot No. 1 of Section No. 40, Block VI, Mangaone
Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by
Sections Nos. 14 and 15 of the said block; towards the east
by Section No. 40p; towards the south by the Alfredton
Road; and towards the west generally by Lot No. 2 of the
said Section No. 40: as the same is delineated on the plan
marked L. and S. 36053, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and
thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Recreation Reserve in Nelson Land District brought under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of April, 1906.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
the twenty-fourth section of "The Public Reserves
Act, 1881," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do
hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation
in the Nelson Land District described in the Schedule
hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the
operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions
of "The Public Domains Act, 1881"; and such reserve
shall hereafter form part of Murchison Domain, and be
managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed
by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by
admeasurement 12 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Sec-
tion No. 20 of Square No. 170, Village of Murchison; as
the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 49398B,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Pohangina County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of April, 1906.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
has been permanently reserved for gravel pur-

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expe-
dient to vest the said reserve in the Pohangina County
Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the
fourth section of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," doth
hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date
hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall
become vested in "The Chairman, Councillors, and In-
habitants of the Pohangina County," in trust, for gravel
purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 24 perches, more or less,
being Section No. 13, Block X, Umutoi Survey District.
Bounded towards the west, north-west, and north-east by
Section No. 22 of the said Block X; and towards the south
by the Umutoi Road: as the same is delineated on the plan
marked S.G. 55069, deposited in the Head Office, Depart-
ment of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon
coloured red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of "The
Native Land Court Act, 1894."

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of April, 1906.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Native Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted
that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except
from the operation of section one hundred and seven-
teen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894" (here-
inafter called "the said Act"), for a limited period
or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes
and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such
Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which
is for the time being subject to the operation of the
said section, or any interest therein or right over the
same, or may in like manner make such exception in
favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who
has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made im-
provements on such land, or has paid money to Native
owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the
passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in
Council under the provisions of this section shall take
effect until after the expiration of two months from
the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette:
Provided also that every alienation under the pro-
visions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court
in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a
recommendation made on the twelfth day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the
twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred
and six, has recommended the Governor to except from the
operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The
Native Land Court Act, 1894," the block or parcel of land
known as Ngaurukehu A No. 5, to enable the said land to
be mortgaged to the Government Advances to Settlers
Office Superintendent:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by section four of
"The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the
operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The
Native Land Court Act, 1894," for the purpose of alienation
by way of mortgage to the Government Advances to
Settlers Office Superintendent, the block or parcel of land,
containing five hundred and forty-five acres, more or
less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known
as Ngaurukehu A No. 5, and being the land comprised
in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the
thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-three, in favour of Winiata Puhaki and others.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.